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Accurate live weight and CV% determination are essential tools to predict broiler performance and ensure that processing weight-to-age targets are being met. Birds should be weighed at least once per week, and sample siz…

Backyard poultry producers may find themselves able to offset increased prices for eggs as Oklahoma and the nation deal with COVID-19 concerns.

The new Innoject Pro device operates as a day-old chick vaccination device. Al Meghnieh, managing director of Automazioni VX, discusses the benefits of the product.

COVID- 19 changed everything, including shipping - timing and costs are volatile. Will it all settle down in 2021?

US broiler producers may have to report antibiotic use to APHIS and China plans agriculture industry consolidation.

Preventing birds from getting sick is perhaps the biggest challenge encountered when transitioning from conventional to “no antibiotics ever” (NAE) production, Tony Newsome, division manager, Fieldale Farms, told Poultry…

Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a pathogen that can persist in poultry houses and withstand usual disinfectants. Therefore, it represents a permanent threat to flock performance. Several vaccine options are ava…

Texas A&M University graduate student Kristin Moncada is on her career path in poultry science and is helping other students access a unique experience within the industry.

Chicks that received acidified water for the first 2 weeks of life had a significantly reduced load of Salmonella Heidelberg, a challenge study demonstrates. According to Manuel Da Costa, a research scientist at Zoetis a…

To establish good gut health, measures to promote a healthy microbiome can’t begin soon enough, an expert reports.

Poor eggshell quality can represent a substantial loss to poultry operations. A myriad of factors, both nutritional and non-nutritional, can influence eggshell quality. In an interview with Josh Yoshida, Co-CEO at Orka F…

Learn what can happen to eggs on a conveyer system and why it's important to monitor the process.

A free range egg producer in the UK, farming 16,000 layer hens, shares his experience solving the challenge of keeping his water lines clean.

Highly contagious and constantly evolving, infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is notoriously difficult to control. According to the University of Georgia’s Mark Jackwood, PhD, vaccination is critical to keeping flocks pro…

Learn more about Kate Barger-Weathers, veterinarian and director of world animal welfare with Cobb-Vantress

USDA predicts that European chicken production will bounce back from the declines seen in 2020.

Housing is a crucial cornerstone of healthy broiler development,” says Heinz Südkamp, Product Manager Climate at Big Dutchman, leading supplier of poultry equipment and housing. “Creating the right environment sets chick…

I rarely get on a soap box, but I’m going to make an exception in this case. As an industry, if we’re going to continue with “no antibiotics ever” (NAE) production, we have to know the quality of water our flocks are dri…

Demand for insect protein is strong, but there are limiting factors for growth

The dark side of soybean meal in chicken feed In several articles recently published on this website (Blanch, 2020 a, b; Blanch, 2021), it has been shown that some anti-nutritional factors (ANF’s) in soybean meal (SBM) …